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Aug
28
2008

More Images For Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo On The Cliff

Posted by Blake at 2:50pm.

Posted in Film News , Cult, Animation, Asia, Random Festival News.

REMINDER: Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo On The Cliff will be screening at the 65th Venice International Film Festival on August 31st (event listing). From all accounts so far of the film it seems Miyazaki explores new ground this time around with details so intricate and dense that anything less than seeing it on film on the big screen would be a crying shame. It even lead to a member of KineJapan wondering if even Blu-Ray would be able to represent its multitude of details and artistic touches. At the moment from everything I’m hearing, Summer 2009 would be the earliest Disney would release it in the US. Some additional images for Ponyo at the link below.

Synopsis:

This is the story of Ponyo, a little fish from the sea who struggles to realize her dream of living with a boy named Sosuke. It also tells of how five-year old Sosuke manages to keep a most solemn promise.

Ponyo On The Cliff places Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid in a contemporary Japanese setting. It is a tale of childhood love and adventure.

A little seaside town and a house at the top of a cliff. A small cast of characters. The ocean as a living presence. A world where magic and alchemy are accepted as part of the ordinary.

The sea below, like our subconscious mind, intersects with the wave-tossed surface above. By distorting normal space and contorting normal shapes, the sea is animated not as a backdrop to the story, but as one of its principal characters.

A little boy and a little girl, love and responsibility, the ocean and life - these things, and that which is most elemental to them, are depicted in the most basic way in Ponyo On The Cliff. This is my response to the afflictions and uncertainty of our times.

- Hayao Miyazaki

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Reader Comments

  1. Papigiulio 08/28/2008 @ 5:04pm

    I have to admit the movie looks cute, but after hearing that theme song over a thousand times here in JP, I’m more likely to skip this one.

  2. ChevalierAguila 08/28/2008 @ 8:33pm

    Summer 09? Fuck....

  3. blauereiter 08/28/2008 @ 10:57pm

    Can’t wait for the Japanese bonus filled dvd to be released so that I can watch it all again !

  4. Ichi-The-Killer 08/30/2008 @ 9:25pm

    the images don’t work.

  5. Blake 08/30/2008 @ 10:12pm

    Images are pulling up fine at the moment. Are you getting an error message?

  6. Ichi-The-Killer 08/30/2008 @ 10:19pm

    yeah I can only see the first one.

  7. Blake 08/30/2008 @ 10:22pm

    Odd. I do know with the image gallery I sometimes have to fully wait for the page to load or the lightbox acts up. We will at least look into it and see if there is anything else funny going on.

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